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Alleged jetsetting criminal mastermind to get a taste of Boston justice
By adamg on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 3:41pm
Tagged up Red Line car, signed with Bezat's tag.
A man wanted on two continents for massive graffiti attacks against subway systems was nabbed in Newark as he was about to board a plane for Paris and has been shipped up to Boston, where he now faces up to three years in prison for allegedly tagging up Red Line trains and Alewife station on Sept. 13, the MBTA reports.
Maxime Christian Bezat, 25, was arrested at Newark Airport on Dec. 3. Although he faces numerous tagging charges in New York, MBTA Transit Police journeyed south to bring him to Boston, which in recent years has become something of the nation's graffiti enforcer.
Bezat, who allegedly goes by "Rask," was arraigned in Cambridge District Court yesterday on vandalism charges; he was ordered held in lieu of $10,000 bail.
A photo released by the MBTA of a spray-painted Red Line train shows two other large tags in apparently different styles than Rask's. MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said "the investigation is ongoing."
Innocent, etc.
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Comments
the police should worry about
the police should worry about copycat incidents by "BERGERON", "CHARA", and "THOMAS"
Hope he enjoys prison
Hope he enjoys prison hospitality. Where does he get his money to travel around defacing public property? Another entitled rich brat?
Too bad. It was an aesthetic
Too bad. It was an aesthetic improvement.
He's No Banksy
Perhaps some artistic mural might be considered such. Like this. But this is just some letters, relatively ugly ones at that. There is nothing aesthetic about that. It's just an ego game for people who put their name up like that.
Get used to it. This guy is
Get used to it. This guy is great. pfft Banksy
http://www.unlike-u.com/trail
http://www.unlike-u.com/trailer.html
Trainbombing
Rask is a rascal
Can anyone explain how these rascals get the time to paint the trains red and outwit the million dollar security camera system that the MBTA brags about.
The whole Red Line has been painted. Who gets more jail time this rascal who spraypaints trains or the punks who beat and rob passengers?
What planet are you living
What planet are you living on?
If ever there was a case for a community service sentence...
This is it. Sentence him to remove all that remains of his work. Here AND in other cities.
Or keep one place clean for two years.
Pick one of the high vandalism spot and he has to keep it clear of everyone's tags for two years. Bet he'd change his mind about how cool it is to be a vandal.
Arborway Yard
He should be ordered to go clean up the Arborway Yard.
While they were searching your backpack ...
... this dude had enough time and access to an MTBA vehicle to paint something somewhat complicated and fairly large.
He probably was hauling all his spraycans in a backpack while prowling around the yards, too.
Of course it isn't Security Theater if the efforts aren't highly visible and misguided.
Peeing on lampposts